After "Seventeen Again", although Eric has received many invitations, he no longer appears in any movie shots, not even a cameo. But even so, because his rise is so legendary, personal photos will appear in newspapers and magazines twice in three days. Therefore, even if you can't be recognized at a glance when walking on the street, there will always be people who will have a sense of déjà vu.

As the library lobby grew, the exhibit's guests looked at Eric, but most of them seemed to think that it might just be similar, and they didn't mean to come up and talk. In order to avoid unnecessary harassment, Eric had to take out his sunglasses and put them on, which looked a little unusual in the hall, and was slightly teased by Catherine for this.

"This is the story of the golden apple, in which the gods were invited to the wedding of the human hero Paleus and the goddess of the sea, Thetis, except for Eris, the goddess of discord, who was turned away. A grudgeful Eris breaks into the wedding and offers a golden apple to be given to the most beautiful woman present, which sparks a dispute.

Zeus's wife, Hera, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love, all believed that they should be the one who received the golden apple, and in the midst of a dispute, Zeus appointed Paris, the prince of Troy, who was shepherding sheep on Mount Ida, to adjudicate the dispute.

The man in the picture is Paris, and the three goddesses on the right. Because of Eros's promise to make Paris fall in love with the most beautiful woman in the world, Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. Paris then kidnapped Helen, the queen of Sparta, with the help of Eros, who was considered the most beautiful woman on earth, which led to the Trojan War. ”

The two walked over to an oil picture in the northwest corner. Catherine whispered to Eric. Although she majored in art criticism when she was at Columbia University. However, he did not explain the composition and color of the works in the exhibition hall to Eric, but only told the various background stories involved in these paintings, although many of them were known to Eric, but he did not interrupt the woman, but listened with relish.

After Catherine finished speaking, she looked at Eric who looked thoughtful, and asked in a curious whisper, "What are you thinking, do you feel a little bored?"

"Of course not. Eric shook his head, "I thought I'd go back to Los Angeles and have them do a project about European mythology and history in terms of the prospects for film development." This type of movie theme is a big gold mine, but unfortunately due to special effects and artificial limitations, there have not been many outstanding works in this genre over the years. ”

Catherine is the kind of person who likes to incorporate work into instinct, so instead of teasing Eric for thinking about work in this situation, she asks, "You mean epic movies, like Ben-hur and Spartacus?"

Ben-Hur and Spartacus are both European epic films produced by Hollywood in the early sixties, the former tells the story of the Jews Ben-Hur against the invasion of the Roman Empire, which won 11 Oscars at the time, becoming an insurmountable record in Oscar history. Although "Titanic" in the original time and space surpassed "Ben Hur" in nominations, the number of awards was only the same as that of "Ben Hur". The latter is the famous work of the filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.

Both films were all super-invested films at the time, and both used as many as tens of thousands of extras, and in today's Hollywood industry, which is extremely standardized, this kind of artificial scale is difficult to replicate.

Eric and Catherine left the Golden Apple together, saying as they went: "It's true that like Ben-Hur and Spartacus, both classics were based on literature rather than historical facts, and I think that's the key to their great success at the box office and awards." ”

Catherine asked, "Why can't it be adapted from historical facts, I think it's more realistic?"

The two paused in front of another oil image, and Eric explained, "But the real history is always too cruel to be likable." If this type of film is to be developed, the investment will definitely be at the level of a super-blockbuster, and if it is to pay for itself, it will have to make a large-scale adaptation of history to cater to the tastes of modern audiences. Again, the audience always sees what they want to see. ”

Eric finished speaking and looked at the woman next to him, although Catherine's works have not been many so far, they always relish and transmit some kind of social cognition to the audience, and often preachy, this style will not only not be recognized by awards, but will also cause the audience to resent if you don't pay attention to it.

In the original time and space, it was not until more than ten years later that Catherine won the Oscar "Bomb Disposal Unit", the woman changed this shortcoming, "Bomb Disposal Unit" with a calm bystander attitude, the daily life of a bomb disposal team on the battlefield in Iraq, no preaching, no commentary, but after everyone watched this movie, they will naturally have an aversion and resistance to war, which is the best way to promote anti-war.

Catherine glanced at the painting in front of her, and this time instead of whispering to Eric, she said, "I feel like you're talking about my movie?"

Eric smiled, "yes, you see I didn't have a word for your film just now, but you can understand my purpose, and that's the best way to convey an idea." ”

Catherine remembered what Eric said on the set of "Shock" a few months ago, and fell into a brief thoughtful thought, but Eric didn't bother, standing by and waiting silently.

Approaching twelve o'clock, Eric chose the "Golden Apple" that caused the two to talk, signed a check for $50,000 and handed it to the organizers, as for how much of this money could be used for the so-called orphaned and disabled children, Eric did not consider.

At noon, Catherine's friend Becky Murphy took the two of them for a simple lunch, and the two did not go back, and in the afternoon, under the advice of Becky Murphy, the two of them listened to a four-hour lecture on European history in an auditorium in Colombia.

As Catherine's best friend, Becky Murphy has heard about Catherine's divorce from Cameron, and when listening to the lecture, Becky Murphy occasionally whispers to Catherine, and glances at Eric from time to time with ambiguous eyes. (To be continued......)